1492-1520: Columbus lands at San Salvador to the South, and meets Lucayan Indians.

Columbus lands at San Salvador to the South, and meets Lucayan Indians. Their name was derived from two words of their tongue, Lukku-Cairi or “Island People”. In 1990 proof that Lucayans resided in Hope Town came when a resident was digging the ground to build a water cistern and unearthed a skull and other bone fragments, these were carbon dated to 600 years ago, 1390, the bones were identified to be a male 21-25 years old.